Antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2 as a marker of sexual risk behavior in rural Tanzania

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-24

  Obasi, Angela ^b   Mosha, Frank ^b   Quigley, Maria ^b   Sekirassa, Zebedayo ^b   Gibbs, Tom ^b   Munguti, Katua ^b   Todd, James ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^b   Mayaud, Philippe ^b   Changalucha, John ^b   Brown, David ^b   Mabey, David ^b   Hayes, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0002180142     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314555     Document Type: Article

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